Obama asks Congress to let him cut drilling reservist pay as much as 50%

Here is a topic very close to my heart and after reading several documents and purposed cuts to reservist pay, I am truly fuming.  I spent many years in the Navy reserves and it was not just one weekend a month, 2 weeks a year or the occasional Presidential recall for Bosnia support or Desert Storm support.  When I was in I worked or went to school full time and worked as many as 4 to 8 hours every day on contracts, letters, orders for deployment, supply ordering, evaluations or whatever my duties where at the time.  Not to mention extra weekends without pay to get things accomplished.  It is truly a crime to even think that cutting a drilling reservist pay would be considered.  I know the President lost many votes just for thinking about this in his budget and asking congress to approve such cuts.

Some Articles on the subject:
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/07/PRIMEmilitary-reserve-advocates-decry-drill-pay-cut-070612/

http://waronterrornews.typepad.com/home/2012/07/obama-asks-congress-to-let-him-cut-guardreserve-pay-in-half.html

Manifest of Congressional Change

1. Members of Congress, either in House or Senate treated as one in the same, shall serve no longer than a term of 4 years, unless re-elected.  Members may serve a maximum of 5 terms for a total of 20 years after which they will have a mandatory retirement.

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9. Members will receive paid dental and health care under the Tri-Care program or may purchase their own private insurance at their own cost.

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Lets get this out there.  Feel free to re-post and comment on additions you would like to see.  We need to get the elitist out of Washington and set the government back to be for the people not for the few.  This is the Zombified Times Manifest of Congressional Change.

Balsa - Editor
Zombified Times